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minus-squareFrowingFostek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·7 months agoI disagree, I think the slang does convey rich meaning to the correct informal audience. I would like to believe the slang is important code for another demographic that people can switch to. As crazy as it may sound, I think depriving or deminishing the slang creates a divide culturally.
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down5·7 months agoYou’re mixing up kids slang with code switching. I don’t find them to be equivalent at all. That’s the greater point I was making.
minus-squareFrowingFostek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·7 months agoThen I fundamentally disagree. I think slang is a form of code switching.
I disagree, I think the slang does convey rich meaning to the correct informal audience.
I would like to believe the slang is important code for another demographic that people can switch to.
As crazy as it may sound, I think depriving or deminishing the slang creates a divide culturally.
You’re mixing up kids slang with code switching. I don’t find them to be equivalent at all. That’s the greater point I was making.
Then I fundamentally disagree. I think slang is a form of code switching.